1. 23 Oct, 2008 1 commit
    • James Bottomley's avatar
      [SCSI] fix removable device inability to detect disk changes · 32c356d7
      James Bottomley authored
      On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:08:14 +0200
      Giuliano Pochini <pochini@shiny.it> wrote:
      
      > Fujitsu magneto-optical drive, Adaptec 29160 and
      > Linux Jay 2.6.26 #7 SMP Sun Aug 10 18:34:22 CEST 2008 ppc 7455, altivec supported PowerMac3,6 GNU/Linux
      >
      > When I insert a disk and I mount it, scsi_test_unit_ready() is called and
      > the do-while loop gets sshdr->sense_key == UNIT_ATTENTION in the first
      > cycle and 0 in the second one. So the if below misses the UNIT_ATTENTION
      > and sdev->changed = 1 is not executed. At this point bad things can
      > happen... I'm not sure how to fix this. Any clue ?
      
      The problem is essentially caused by us eating UNIT_ATTENTION
      conditions in scsi_test_unit_ready().  Fix by updating the ->changed
      flag when this happens if the media is removable.
      
      [pochini@shiny.it: updates to tidy up patch]
      Signed-off-by: default avatarGiuliano Pochini <pochini@shiny.it>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarJames Bottomley <James.Bottomley@HansenPartnership.com>
      32c356d7
  2. 17 Oct, 2008 39 commits